STUDENTS KNOW THE PAPER DESCRIPTION OF History of europe from 1453 to 1789 ad

1. Dr.AGHALYA.,M.A.,M.Ed.,M.PHIL.,Ph.D.,
Head & Asst.Professor
Department of History
Bon Secours College for Women
Thanjavur

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HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM 1453 A.D TO 1789
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CORE COURSE VI

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 To know importance of the fall of Constantinople
 To understand causes for the origin of Industrial
revolution
 To study the feature of enlighten despotism
Objectives:

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 Fall of Constantinople
 causes and effects Geographical Discoveries
 Renaissance
 Reformation
 Counter Reformation
UNIT I

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 Industrial Revolution Causes and Results
 Agrarian Revolution Causes and Results
 Rise of Spain
 Charles V – His Wars and Policies
 Philip II – His Wars and Policies
 War of Dutch Independence – Causes and Results
UNIT II

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 Thirty Years War - Causes and Results
 Rise of France – Henry IV Rise of France Louis XIII
Enlightened Despotism in Europe
 Louis XIV of France Internal and External Policies
 Frederick the Great of Prussia Internal and External
Policies
UNIT III

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 Peter the Great of Russia
 Internal and External Policies Getharine the Great of
Russia
 Internal and External Policies Joseph – II the Great of
Austria
 Internal and External Policies Rise of Sweedan
 Gustavus II Adolphus
UNIT IV

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 Rise of Automan Turks Louis XV (1715 – 1774) of France
Philosophers and Thinkers
 Montesquieu (1689 -1785),
 Voltaire (1694 -1778)
 Rousseau (1712-1778)
 French Revolution 1789 – Causes and Results
UNIT V

9. 
 H.A. Davis Blount, An Outline History of the World, Read Books, New
Delhi, 2007.
 Mckinley, Albert E.,Arthur C. Howland & Matttew L. Dawn, World
History Vol I & II , Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, 1994
 J.E. Swain, A History of World Civilization, Eurasia, Publishers, New Delhi
1970
 George Walter Southgate, A Text Book of Modern European History 1453-
1661, Dent, 1954.
 Carlton J.H. Hayes, A Political and Social History of Modern Europe, Vol.
1, Macmillan, Madras, 1924.
 Arun Bhattacharjee, A History of Europe (1453-1789), sterling Publisher,
Delhi, 1981.
 Sir Charles Grant Robertson, A History of Western Europe, A.d. 1453-1789:
From the Fall of Constantinople to the French revolution, E.Benn, London,
1929.
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